Under the watchful eye of Alice Waters, The Nation has put out its first food issue, available now on newstands and its heavy on the Slow Food theme.
Ms. Waters is the author of the leading article, entitled "Slow Food Nation", followed by a forum where Slow Food Founder and President Carlo Petrini weigh in on the state of our nation's food system, along with Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Marion Nestle, Vandana Shiva, Randy Fertel, Wendell Berry and many others.
The features include topics such as school lunches, Walmart's organic plans, fast-food, popular food books and the Edible Schoolyard in New Orleans. If you're not already a subscriber to The Nation ("Unconventional Wisdom since 1865"), you can read most of the issue online.
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I highly recommend the Nation. I've been a subscriber since college (a long time ago) and it's where I get ALL my political information. Sometimes they breaks stories months before the mainstream press ever touches them (and I'm talking NPR here as mainstream).
I was thrilled to see them do a food issue. They have NEVER done anything with food before. They're a little stodgy and the ads are hilarious, but it's a great magazine.
the New Yorker's recent education issue also had a great article about a chef who is trying to improve the school lunch system in California... Berkeley? Very good article.